Retention

DEFINITION:

Hiring grantees must plan to retain the additional federally funded positions
at the conclusion of the hiring grant-funding period. The federally funded
position must be over and above locally funded officer positions that would have
existed regardless of the grant. MORE grantees must plan to retain the federally
funded technology/equipment and/or civilian positions and the resulting sworn
officer redeployment once the required level of redeployment has been met.
Retention planning must demonstrate that a sincere and legitimate attempt was
made by the law enforcement agency and by the governing body to secure and
provide local funding to employ the additional federally-funded officer
positions, technology, equipment or civilians (and corresponding sworn officer
redeployment) at the conclusion of the grant funding period. A retention plan
must be co-signed by the Law Enforcement Executive and Government Executive and
include: grant(s) encompassed in the retention plan, number of positions to be
retained and the proposed source of funding. Supporting documentation may
include budget projections demonstrating these planning efforts.

COMPLIANCE:

Once the grant funding period has ended, grantees are expected to retain the
federally-funded officer positions, civilian positions, technology/equipment and
resulting redeployment for one full local budget cycle through state or local
funding. Hiring grants are funded for 36 months for each officer position. The
retention period for each officer position starts at the end of the 36-month
funding period, and once the new local budget cycle has begun. The retention
period for MORE grants starts at the end of the 12 month period of full
redeployment.

If a grantee has other active hiring grants when it enters the retention
period for one hiring grant, the additional retained officer positions increase
the grantee's locally funded baseline of sworn officer positions for the active
hiring grants. Similarly, if a grantee has other active grants for civilian
positions when it enters the retention period for a MORE grant, the additional
retained civilian positions increase the grantee's locally funded baseline of
civilian positions for the active grants.